Australia
The first Group One race of the 2020-21 Australian racing season is the immediate target for trainer John Sargent with Brandenburg (NZ) (Burgundy). The three-year-old colt continued preparations towards the Group One weight-for-age Winx Stakes with a barrier trial at Randwick on Tuesday. Brandenburg went around in a 1080m heat
Australia
The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable are hopeful Tavirun (NZ) (Tavistock) does not have any bad memories of his last trip to The Valley. Tavirun's last outing at the track was almost 12 months ago and he came away from the race with a slab fracture to
Australia
Multiple Group One winner The Bostonian (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) is set to head to Sydney next month, but whether he will race under trainer Tony Pike’s name is still up in the air. The Cambridge trainer, who also heads the New Zealand Trainer’s Association, has been in discussions
New Zealand
Hastings trainer Paul Nelson is looking forward to lining up two of his top jumpers at his home meeting on Wednesday. Nelson, who trains in partnership with Corrina McDougall, will line-up a trio of runners in the Windsor Park Plate Raceday 3 October (2100m), including Wellington Hurdle (3400m) winner No
New Zealand
After more than 27 years off the racing scene, Diana Kennedy has bounced back with an impressive winning streak over the last three weekends, but she never imagined she would be doing it from Cambridge. Kennedy prepared Zedman (NZ) (Zed) to win a highweight at Ellerslie on July 11 then
New Zealand
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing have released the weight structure for the coming season, effective from August 1. Open Entry Races will retain an eight kilogram spread to reflect the range of horses that are accommodated in these events. However, the weight range will reduce one kilogram from 55kg-63kg to 54kg-62kg.
Australia
Three important barrier trials have been pushed back three days because of Sydney's wet weather. Tuesday's barrier trial session at Randwick will now be held on the Polytrack with 20 heats scheduled. But the three heats for Group horses that were set down for the Kensington
New Zealand
Kris Shailer has worked under Stephen Autridge for the best part of two decades and at the start of the new season he will get the opportunity to join his mentor in a training partnership at Valachi Downs. Shailer, who has spent the last two years as Autridge’s assistant,
New Zealand
Kozzi Asano may not have been a household name in racing circles at the beginning of the season, but the talented apprentice jockey made sure he was by the end. A one-time leader in the New Zealand Jockeys’ Premiership, Asano will end the season in second position behind Central Districts
New Zealand
Leith Innes was glad to get the winning feeling back at Avondale on Saturday, but New Zealand isn’t where he was supposed to be during winter. In his second day back riding since the resumption of New Zealand racing, Innes was successful on his only mount of the day,
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Australia
New Zealand horses Probabeel (NZ) (Savabeel) and Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) are some of the feature race contenders scheduled to continue preparations towards their new-season returns at a star-studded set of barrier trials at Randwick. Tuesday's barrier trials session has attracted several Group One winners among the entries